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Rocking Chairs For Sale
Adrian Pearsall Rocking Chair for Craft Associates
Located in Middlesex, NJ
Adrian Pearsall Rocking Chair for Craft Associates
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Rocking Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
Mexican Designer, Rocking Lounge Chair, Wood, Rush, Mexico, 1950s.
Located in High Point, NC
A wood and rush rocking lounge chair likely designed and produced in Mexico, c. 1950s.
Touch ups carried out to wood and rush seat.
Overall Dimensions (inches): 23.1” H x 27.75” W...
Category
1950s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Rocking Chairs
Materials
Rush, Wood
Gustaf Axel Berg Attribution, Rocking Chair, Birch, Fabric, Sweden, 1940s
Located in High Point, NC
A birch and brown floral-printed fabric rocking lounge chair produced by Väsby möbel- & inredningsfabrik AB, Sweden, 1940s. Design attributed to Gustaf Axel Berg.
Overall Dimensions...
Category
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Rocking Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Birch
Bentwood Walnut Rocking Chair Cane Rattan Seat Back Rocker
Located in Dayton, OH
Bentwood rocking chair, circa mid 20th century. Made from walnut in classic bentwood styling with rattan back and seat.
Dimensions:
41.5" x 22.5" x 38.5", seat 18.5" to 13.5"
Category
Mid-20th Century Bauhaus Rocking Chairs
Materials
Rattan, Walnut
$1,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Henning Kjærnulf, Rocking Chair in Oak, Seat Reupholstered in Lambswool, 1960s
Located in Odense, DK
Beautiful rocking chair in solid oak, designed by Henning Kjærnulf for EG Kvalitetsmöbel in the 1960s. The chair clearly bears the mark of Kjærnulf's characteristic design language w...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Rocking Chairs
Materials
Lambskin, Oak
Ole Wanscher for France & Sons Danish Mid Century Modern Teak Rocking Chair
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
An Ole Wanscher for France & Sons rocker accent chair. This is a very classic mid century modern rocking accent armchair. This chair features a lovely sculpted teak wood frame with b...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Rocking Chairs
Materials
Leather
Antique Old Hickory Rocking Arm Chair Adirondack Wagon Wheel Back Lodge Rocker
Located in Dayton, OH
Rocking armchair by Old Hickory Furniture Company of Martinsville, Indiana. Features a primitive Adirondack style with flared arms and rattan seat.
History
In the 1800's as pioneers traveled West across America, they discovered the useful and remarkable hickory tree. This small diameter tree grew throughout the Midwest in groups of twenty to thirty, surrounded by much larger trees. As the saplings struggled towards the sunlight above, they grew straight and tall - yet the diameter did not exceed two to three inches - even after twenty to thirty years of growth. The hardwood saplings were used for many different things (e.g. wagon wheel spokes, tool handles and furniture). The hickory saplings could be bent to fit the contours of the body, so the furniture was incredibly comfortable and strong. The inner bark strips could be woven together in a herringbone pattern to make soft yet durable chair seats and backs.
In the 1890s Billy Richardson started selling hickory chairs and rockers on Saturdays on the town square in Martinsville, Indiana. Legend has it that Richardson and his father had made hickory chairs and rockers for the President Andrew Jackson's home, The Hermitage many years earlier.
Others in the Martinsville area studied Richardson's products and banded together in 1892 in an abandoned church, producing hickory sapling furniture as a full-time business. They chose the name ""Old Hickory"" for the new company, the same nickname as the late President Jackson. When the company incorporated in 1899, a full line of products were available for shipping across the country to homes and resorts. Old Hickory furniture became so poplar that it was going to the new National Park Lodges in the West as well as Great Camps and resorts in the Adirondack Park. The most famous installation was the Old Faithful...
Category
Early 20th Century Adirondack Rocking Chairs
Materials
Rattan, Hickory
$1,880 Sale Price
20% Off
Göran Malmvall modernist pinewood rocking chair, Svensk Fur, Sweden, 1940s
Located in Forserum, SE
Swedish modernist rocking chair, model 513, designed by Göran Malmvall for the manufacturer Karl Andersson & Söner, Huskvarna. Dating from the late 1940s, it represents a later examp...
Category
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Rocking Chairs
Materials
Textile, Pine
1960's Mid Century Modern Danish Style Rocking Arm Chair
Located in San Carlos, CA
🌟 Vintage Mid Century Modern Rocking Chair from Yugoslavia 🌟
Step back in time with this stunning piece of mid century mode...
Category
1960s Unknown Mid-Century Modern Vintage Rocking Chairs
Materials
Wool, Walnut
$639 Sale Price
20% Off
Thonet Rocking chair, circa 1920
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Rocking chair circa 1920 with cherub images on the backrest and seat panel. Made by the influential Austrian furniture manufacturer Thonet. This rocking chair originates from Bohemia...
Category
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Rocking Chairs
Materials
Beech
Modernist Rocking Chair, Soren Georg Jensen, 1950's
Located in London, GB
An absolutely classic Modernist rocking chair design by Soren Georg Jensen for Kubus, Denmark, circa 1950's. The teak frame has some outstanding shape profiles from all directions. F...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Rocking Chairs
Materials
Leather, Teak
Bentwood rocking chair by Thonet
By Thonet
Located in Banská Štiavnica, SK
Bentwood rocking chair by Thonet in excellent original codnition.
Category
1940s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Rocking Chairs
Materials
Rattan, Beech, Bentwood
Vintage Thonet Style Large Bamboo Bentwood Cane Rattan Rocking Arm Chair
By Thonet
Located in Dayton, OH
A large Iconic bentwood rocking chair, attributed to Thonet. Made from bamboo in with caned back and seat.
Measures: 22" x 42" x 42" / Seat Height - 20" at front before sitting, 1...
Category
Mid-20th Century Victorian Rocking Chairs
Materials
Bamboo, Cane, Bentwood
$800 Sale Price
20% Off
Beautiful Hans J Wegner PP 124 Net chair for PP Mòbler
Located in Den Haag, NL
Stunning Danish rocking chair by Hans J. Wegner for PP Møbler,. Frame of soap treated ash, upholstery of Vibeke Klint Fabric. Flagline in the back.
Model PP124 named Net Chair, made...
Category
1990s Danish Mid-Century Modern Rocking Chairs
Materials
Cord, Ash
Herman de Vries High Back Rocking Chair, Sikes Furniture 1930's
Located in Rochester, NY
American Colonial modernist style solid maple tall back rocking chair designed by Herman de Vries for Sikes Furniture Company in good original vintage condition w/ nicely aged warm c...
Category
1930s American American Colonial Vintage Rocking Chairs
Materials
Maple
Bentwood rocking chair attr. Thonet, late 19th century
By Thonet
Located in View Park, CA
A bentwood rocker attributed to Thonet, late 19th or early 20th century. Featuring art nouveau whiplash curves and real wicker caning. Made in Poland (possibly at the Radomsk Thonet ...
Category
Late 19th Century Polish Art Nouveau Antique Rocking Chairs
Materials
Wicker, Bentwood
Outdoor Mocha Swing Handmade Crochet in UV Protected Yarn with Burmese Teak Wood
By iota
Located in Tel Aviv, IL
These swings are light, dreamy and perfect for enjoying the outdoors. They are composed of nearly 100 handcrafted elements from a signature UV protected yarn, designed and produced e...
Category
2010s Israeli Rocking Chairs
Materials
Cotton, Polyester, Teak
1940s Amish Bent Wood Rocker
Located in Los Angeles, CA
These 20Thc Amish bentwood rocking chairs were found in Lancaster County,Pennsylvania. They are made from willow & slatted oak and some hickory.The cond...
Category
1940s American Adirondack Vintage Rocking Chairs
Materials
Bentwood
$956 Sale Price
20% Off
La-z-boy Rocking Armchair by Pizzetti Roma, Walnut, White Leather, Italy, 1960s
Located in Rome, IT
A Pizzetti original, Classic La-z-boy reclining rocking chair, made of walnut and white leather, Italy circa 1960s.
The leather shows signs of...
Category
1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Rocking Chairs
Materials
Metal
'Relaxer 2' Rocking Chair by Verner Panton for Rosenthal Studio-Line, 1974
Located in Antwerp, BE
Original Verner Panton Relaxer. Designed in 1974 and manufactured by Rosenthal Studio-line in Germany. Labeled. Beech wood solid frame with cushion in original yellow cotton fabric. ...
Category
1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Rocking Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Beech
Scandinavian Rocking Chair by Frank Reenskaug for Bramin, Denmark, 1960s
Located in Ranst, VAN
Danish vintage rocking chair designed as model '182' by Frank Reenskaug for Bramin in the 1960s. This chair has a teak and has been reupholstered in a beige fabric. the rocking chair...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Rocking Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Teak
Rocking Chair by Arthur Umanoff for Shaver Howard
Located in Berlin, DE
Wooden and wicker rocker designed by Arthur Umanoff for Shaver Howard.
Category
1960s American Scandinavian Modern Vintage Rocking Chairs
Materials
Wicker, Wood
Eero Aarnio for Asko Chair Orange Fiberglass Pastil or 'Pastille', Finland, 1968
By Asko, Eero Aarnio
Located in Hausmannstätten, AT
An orange high gloss fiberglass 'Pastille' ('pastil' or 'Gyro') chair designed by Finish designer Eero Aarnio in 1968 for modern furniture maker Asko Oy in Helsinki, Finland. This vi...
Category
1960s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Rocking Chairs
Materials
Fiberglass
Bauhaus Childrens`Bentwood Rocking Chair Brockhage Andrä Era, Germany, 1950s
Located in Vienna, AT
A beautiful and cute little Bauhaus rocking chair for children. Made in Germany in the 1950s, in the style of Hans Brockhage und Erwin Andrä. Made of bentwood with a charming fairy t...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Rocking Chairs
Materials
Wood, Bentwood
Exceptional Rocking Chair by Thonet
By Michael Thonet, Thonet
Located in Vlimmeren, BE
This old authentic rocking chair was designed Michael Thonet and manufactured by Thonet. It was in the catalogue of 1904. It is a design classic.
This dark brown rocking chair is in very good vintage condition with normal signs of age and use. The chair is stamped.
Take your chance to get this Thonet collector’s item. Michael Thonet (1796-1871) was a German-Austrian cabinet maker, known for the invention of bentwood furniture, which ment the beginning of Modern Design. Le Corbusier used Thonet chairs...
Category
Early 1900s German Arts and Crafts Antique Rocking Chairs
Materials
Bentwood
Earl White Oak, Ivory Textured Linen Moresby Rocking Chair
By Chris Earl
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Solid wood construction with hand-cut joinery and custom upholstered seat and seat back. This Rocker shown in white oak and maharam plume ciabatta ivory textured linen.
In stock l...
Category
2010s American Mid-Century Modern Rocking Chairs
Materials
Leather, Oak, Walnut
Victorian Walnut and Cane Rocking Chair
Located in Germantown, MD
A Victorian Walnut and Cane Rocking Chair.
Caning in great condition
Category
Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Rocking Chairs
Materials
Cane, Walnut
Primitive Old Handmade Hickory Rattan Woven Rocking Chair Adirondack Rocker
Located in Dayton, OH
Mid 20th Century Hickory Adirondack rocking chair designed in the manner of Old Hickory Furniture. The chair is in the form of #21 an important and popular chair that was made by th...
Category
Mid-20th Century Adirondack Rocking Chairs
Materials
Rattan, Hickory
$1,120 Sale Price
20% Off
Early 20Thc Old Hickory Rocking Chair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This amazing condition signed Old Hickory Furniture Company rocking chair is a barrel back style with original hand woven seat and backing.This rocking chair is super comfortable ...
Category
1930s American Adirondack Vintage Rocking Chairs
Materials
Wood
$1,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Midcentury French Riviera Rattan and Bamboo Italian Rocking Chair, 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Elegant midcentury French Riviera rattan, bamboo and hand-woven wicker rocking chair. This fantastic piece was designed and manufactured in Italy during the 1960s.
This armchair has...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Rocking Chairs
Materials
Bamboo, Rattan
Adriane Pearsall for Craft Associates Sculptural Rocking Chair
Located in Middlesex, NJ
Adriane Pearsall for Craft Associates Sculptural Rocking Chair
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Rocking Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Wood
Finnish early 20th century hand-crafted children's birch rocking chair
Located in Turku, Varsinais-Suomi
Expertly hand-crafted in Finland during the early 20th century, this children's birch rocking chair is a true celebration of Scandinavian Vintage Design. The chair features a woven b...
Category
Early 20th Century Finnish Arts and Crafts Rocking Chairs
Materials
Birch
Italian Rocking Chair Model 572 By Cassina
By Cassina
Located in London, GB
An incredible and very rare rocking chair (has been attributed to Gio Ponti in the past and shows a strong and striking resemblance to his designs) in walnut, rubber and fabric for C...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Rocking Chairs
Materials
Steel
Deep Green Handmade Crochet Outdoor Swing Burmese Teak Wood Seat
By iota
Located in Tel Aviv, IL
The iota outdoor swing is inspired by climbing plants and branches in the summer, when the weather is dry. The colors are inspired by a Scandinavian pallet, dunes and naked trees. Th...
Category
2010s Israeli Rocking Chairs
Materials
Acrylic, Teak
Vintage Velvet Bent Wood Rocking Chair and Ottoman by BioForm
Located in Denver, CO
Post 1950s, believed to be 1970s
Manufactured by BioForm Seating Systems
Solid bentwood frame. Two area of small wear and a few very light scratches consistent with age. (see p...
Category
Late 20th Century American Space Age Rocking Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Upholstery, Velvet, Foam, Laminate, Wood, Bentwood
Stickley Brothers Antique Mission Oak Arts & Crafts Rocking Chair, Circa 1900
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous Mission or Arts & Crafts rocker
By Stickley Brothers
USA, Circa 1900
Solid quarter sawn oak, with newly reupholstered brown leather seat cus...
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Rocking Chairs
Materials
Leather, Oak
Original Vintage Charles & Ray Eames RAR Rocking Chair for Herman Miller
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Transforming a piece of Mid-Century Modern furniture is like bringing history back to life, and we take this journey with passion and precision. With over 17 years of artisanal exper...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Rocking Chairs
Materials
Iron
Vintage Rocking Chair in the Style of Renato Zevi, 1970s
By Renato Zevi
Located in taranto, IT
Original rocking chair from the 70s, probably attributed to renato zevi design, on a white lacquered metal structure and fabric upholstery
Good overall condition, as shown in the ...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Rocking Chairs
Materials
Metal
Hans Wegner Keyhole Rocker for Getama, Denmark in Oak and Leather Circa 1960s
By Hans J. Wegner, GETAMA
Located in Peabody, MA
An original 1960s Hans Wegner "keyhole" rocker in darkened oak, reupholstered in vermillion colored leather. Model GE 673 for Getama, Denmark.
Category
1960s Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Rocking Chairs
Materials
Leather, Oak
Mid-Century Danish Teak Model 100 Rocking Chair by Søren Georg Jensen, 1960s
Located in Hamburg, DE
Rare Model 100 Rocking Chair by Danish manufacturers cube Møbler, designed by Søren Georg Jensen from the 60s.
A rare emerging Jensen design. Unlike the common Jensen rocking chairs...
Category
20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Rocking Chairs
Materials
Wood, Teak
Antique Heywood Wakefield Victorian Woven Wicker Platform Rocker Rocking Chair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Heywood Wakefield Woven Wicker Victorian Platform Rocker Rocking Chair. Item features a carved wood platform rocker base with rolling...
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Victorian Antique Rocking Chairs
Materials
Wicker
Antique 19th Century Victorian Ebonized Platform Rocker Rocking Chair Regency
Located in Dayton, OH
Late 19th century Victorian platform rocking chair. Features a hardwood ebonized frame with gold trim and striped upholstery.
DIMENSI...
Category
Late 19th Century Late Victorian Antique Rocking Chairs
Materials
Upholstery, Hardwood
$720 Sale Price
20% Off
1970s Vintage Rocking Chair in Thonet Style
By Thonet
Located in Ceglie Messapica, IT
1970s Vintage Rocking Chair in Thonet Style
This elegant rocking chair from the 1970s embodies the timeless aesthetic of Thonet-style design, blending classic craftsmanship with a m...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Rocking Chairs
Materials
Brass
$1,788 Sale Price
40% Off
Antique Rocking Chair, English, Walnut, Armchair, Rocker, Victorian, Circa 1880
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique rocking chair. An English, walnut framed armchair rocker, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1880.
Relax and soothe the day...
Category
Late 19th Century British Late Victorian Antique Rocking Chairs
Materials
Textile, Walnut
White Eero Aarnio Iconic Pastilli 'Pastille' Chair, Fibreglass Asko, 1980s
By Asko, Eero Aarnio
Located in Helsinki, FI
Eero Aarnio's Pastilli chair is a colourful, playful and a genious design by one of the Finnish design giants of our times. With it's shiny colour it looks almost like a giant candy...
Category
1980s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Rocking Chairs
Materials
Fiberglass
$2,117 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Bentwood Rocking Chair Att. to Thonet
By Thonet
Located in New York, NY
Unusual bentwood and cane rocking chair, in the Vienna Secessionist style, probably mid 20th C vintage, Thonet - made in USA, unsigned. The chair is slightly smaller in scale, a vari...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Vienna Secession Rocking Chairs
Materials
Cane, Bentwood
Low rocking Chair Japanese Modern Style Bentwood Chair
By Studio Jig
Located in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Bentwood rocking chair in the Japanese modern style. Made of Yoshino cedar which is a famous wood grown in the Yoshino district in Japan. It has characte...
Category
2010s Japanese Modern Rocking Chairs
Materials
Wood
Thonet Rocking Chair Nr. 6
Located in Čelinac, BA
Thonet Rocking Chair Nr 6 for restauration.
Category
Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Rocking Chairs
Materials
Bentwood
Midcentury Scrolled Chrome and Cane Rocking Chair in the Manner of Marcel Breuer
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One SOLD & Only one in stock!
An awesome chrome scrolled rocker, giving a Classic a fresh modern look. It features a sturdy chrome tubular frame with wood framed caning seat and ba...
Category
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Rocking Chairs
Materials
Chrome
$1,275 Sale Price
20% Off
Herman Miller Eames RAR Rocking Chair
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vintage Eames molded fiberglass shell in the fairest color of them all, Seafoam Green. Original top circa late 1950s-early 1960s. On later metal and wood base, in good condition with...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Rocking Chairs
Materials
Fiberglass
1960's Vintage Rocking Chair
Located in Opa Locka, FL
1960's Vintage Light Wood Rocking Chair. Original green textile cover.
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Rocking Chairs
Materials
Wood
$800 Sale Price
50% Off
Early 20Thc Barrel Back Old Hickory Rocking Chair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fine example of a hand made Old Hickory Furniture Co. barrel back rocking chair in fine as found condition.The woven web seating and backing is in original fine condition with a...
Category
Early 20th Century American Adirondack Rocking Chairs
Materials
Hickory
$1,340 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Mission Oak Arts & Crafts Slat Back Stickley Style Rocker Rocking Chair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Mission Oak Arts & Crafts Slat Back Stickley Style Rocker Rocking Chair. Circa Early 20th Century. Measurements: 34" H x 26" W x 29" D x 16" Seat height x 23.5" Arm height.
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Arts and Crafts Rocking Chairs
Materials
Oak
Danish Modern Sculptural Pair of Rocking Chairs Lambswool & Oak, Brutalism, 1950
Located in Odense, DK
This pair of sculptural rocking chairs, made in the 1950s by a skilled Danish cabinetmaker, embodies the Brutalist aesthetic with its bold design. Crafted from solid oak, the chairs ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Rocking Chairs
Materials
Oak, Lambskin, Wool
Garden Patio Poolside Metal Rocking Chair Att. to Woodard
Located in New York, NY
Garden, patio, poolside, rocking chair of wrought iron and metal mesh. The chair is in very good original condition, clean and ready to use. We also offer custom powder coating if yo...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Rocking Chairs
Materials
Wrought Iron
Late 19th Century Wicker Rocking Chair
Located in Southampton, NY
Late 19th Century Wicker Rocking Chair
This is a charming wicker rocking chair, likely dating back to the late 19th or early 20th century. Crafted from woven wicker in a light greyis...
Category
Late 19th Century American Antique Rocking Chairs
Materials
Wicker
Vintage Salterini Radar Rocking Chairs Mid Century Modern
Located in Lake Worth, FL
These vintage Salterini Radar Rockers are mid-century modern space-age rocking chairs that add a touch of retro charm to any indoor or outdoor space. Made of painted black wrought ir...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Rocking Chairs
Materials
Iron
Milo Baughman Style Vintage Rocking Chair
Located in Doylestown, PA
Elegant vintage midcentury rocking chair in the style of Milo Baughman. This comfortable rocker features a sturdy, solid wood frame w...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Rocking Chairs
Materials
Naugahyde, Wood
Antique Arts & Crafts Mission Jm Young Oak Rocker, Circa 1910
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Arts and Crafts Mission rocking chair by JM Young offers quarter sawn oak construction with upholstered back and seat, each arm having...
Category
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Rocking Chairs
Materials
Oak
$960 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Franco Albini Style Bent Bamboo and Rattan Rocking Lounge Chair
Located in Esperance, NY
for sale is this very nice vintage rocking chair that is made out of Bent Bamboo and Rattan. The chair is very well made and comfortable
Category
1970s Unknown Vintage Rocking Chairs
Materials
Rattan
Vintage, New and Antique Rocking Chairs
The phrase “rocking chair” didn’t find its way into the dictionary until the mid-18th century. While most of the sitting furniture that we use in our homes originated in either England or France, the iconic rocking chair is a quintessentially American piece of furniture.
A Philadelphia cabinetmaker’s bill for a proto-rocking chair issued in 1742, which identified the seat as a “Nurse Chair with rockers,” is the earliest surviving evidence of this design’s humble beginnings. The nurse chair was a low side chair intended for nursing women, so giving it a soothing rocking motion made sense. Rocking chairs, which saw a curved slat affixed to the chairs’ feet so that they could be literally rocked, quickly gained popularity across the United States, garnering a reputation as a seat that everyone could love. They offered casual comfort without the expensive fabrics and upholstery that put armchairs out of many families’ budgets.
Rocking chairs are unique in that they don’t just offer a place to rest — they offer an opportunity to reminisce. The presence of one of these classic pieces stirs up our penchant for nostalgia and has the power to transform a space. They easily introduce a simple country feel to the city or bring the peaceful rhythm of a porch swing into a sheltered sunroom. Although craftsmen took to painting and stenciling varieties of the chairs that emerged in New England during the 19th century, the most traditional rocking chairs are generally unadorned seats constructed with time-tested materials like wood and metal. As such, a minimalist vintage rocking chair can be ushered into any corner of your home without significantly disrupting your existing decor scheme or the room’s color palette.
In the decades since the first rocker, top designers have made the piece their own. Viennese chair maker Michael Thonet produced a series of rockers in the middle of the 19th century in which the different curved steam-bent wood parts were integrated into fluid, sinuous wholes. Mid-century modernists Charles and Ray Eames added wooden rockers to their famous plastic shell armchair, while Danish designer Frank Reenskaug opted for teak and polished beech, introducing pops of color with small cushions (a precursor to the bold works that would follow in the 1970s and 1980s).
No matter your personal style, let 1stDibs pair you with your perfect seat. Deck out your porch, patio or parlor — browse the vintage, new and antique rocking chairs in our vast collection today.
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